The Companions' Migration — Umar Embraces Islam — Page 8

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَتَعْنِي النَّجَاشِيَّ؟ هِجْرَةُ الصَّحَابَةِ - إِسْلَامُ عُمَرَ -

Do you mean the Negus?

صَدَقْتَ، وَكَانَ الْمُضْطَهَدُونَ يَجِدُونَ فِي عَدْلِهِ مَأْمَنًا لَهُمْ مِنْ بَطْشِ الظَّالِمِينَ. -

You’re right; the oppressed found his justice a safe haven from the tyranny of their oppressors.

الْآنَ ذَكَرْتُ، يَا رَشَادُ، مَا قَالَهُ أُسْتَاذُ التَّارِيخِ. -

I remember now, Rashad, what the history professor said.

مَاذَا قَالَ، يَا سَعِيدُ؟ -

What did he say, Saeed?

إِنَّ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ مُسْلِمًا وَأَرْبَعَ مُسْلِمَاتٍ هَاجَرُوا مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ، فِرَارًا مِنْ عَسْفِ قُرَيْشٍ وَطُغْيَانِهَا. -

That eleven Muslim men and four Muslim women emigrated from Mecca to Abyssinia to escape the oppression and tyranny of Quraish.

أَذَلِكَ مَا تَعْنِيهِ بِالْهِجْرَةِ الْأُولَى؟ -

Is that what you mean by the first migration?

لَسْتُ أَعْنِي سِوَاهُ. -

That is exactly what I mean.

فَكَمْ لَبِثُوا فِيهَا؟ -

How long did they stay there?

ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. -

Three months.

وَإِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ؟ -

Where did they go after that?

عَادُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ جَاءُوا. -

They returned to where they had come from.

عَادُوا إِلَى مَكَّةَ؟ -

Back to Mecca?

نَعَمْ، إِلَى مَكَّةَ. -

Yes, to Mecca.

فَكَيْفَ عَادُوا؟ -

How did they end up returning?

غَلَبَهُمُ الْحَنِينُ إِلَى وَطَنِهِمْ، وَشَجَّعَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مَا نَمَا إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَنْبَاءٍ سَارَّةٍ. -

Longing for their homeland overcame them, and they were encouraged by some happy news that reached them.

أَيُّ أَنْبَاءٍ؟ -

What news?

سَمِعُوا أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا كَفَّتْ أَذَاهَا عَنِ الرَّسُولِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ أَسْلَمَ عُمَرُ؛ فَعَادُوا إِلَى وَطَنِهِمْ مُسْتَبْشِرِينَ. -

They heard that Quraish had stopped harming the Messenger and his companions after Omar converted to Islam, so they returned home full of hope.

كَيْفَ جَازَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ هَذِهِ الْحِيلَةُ؟ -

How did they fall for that trick?

أَتَذْكُرَانِ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ: وَمَنْ يَغْتَرِبْ يَحْسَبْ عَدُوًّا صَدِيقَهُ! -

Do you remember the poet’s words: 'Whoever lives in exile may mistake an enemy for a friend!'

فَهَلِ اسْتَرَاحُوا فِي وَطَنِهِمْ؟ -

Did they find any peace in their homeland?

بَلْ زَادَ شَقَاؤُهُمْ فِيهِ. -

On the contrary, their suffering only increased.

فَعَادُوا إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى؟

So they returned to Abyssinia once again?

Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 31 nouns)

• عَنَى — to mean
• صَدَقَ — to speak the truth
• كَانَ — to be
• وَجَدَ — to find
• ذَكَرَ — to remember
• قَالَ — to say
• هَاجَرَ — to emigrate
• لَبِثَ — to stay
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• عَادَ — to return
• جَاءَ — to come
• غَلَبَ — to overcome
• شَجَّعَ — to encourage
• نَمَا — to grow
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• كَفَّ — to refrain
• أَسْلَمَ — to convert to Islam
• اِغْتَرَبَ — to live abroad
• حَسِبَ — to think
• اِسْتَرَاحَ — to rest
• زَادَ — to increase
• هِجْرَة — emigration
• صَحَابِيّ — companion
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• مُضْطَهَد — oppressed person
• عَدْل — justice
• مَأْمَن — safe haven
• بَطْش — tyranny
• ظَالِم — oppressor
• أُسْتَاذ — professor
• تَارِيخ — history
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• مُسْلِمَة — Muslim woman
• فِرَار — escape
• عَسْف — injustice
• طُغْيَان — tyranny
• شَهْر — month
• حَنِين — longing
• وَطَن — homeland
• نَبَأ — news
• سَارّ — happy
• أَذًى — harm
• رَسُول — messenger
• صَاحِب — companion; owner
• مُسْتَبْشِر — rejoicing person
• حِيلَة — trick
• قَوْل — saying
• شَاعِر — poet
• صَدِيق — friend
• شَقَاء — misery
• أُولَى — first (feminine)
• أَرْبَع — four (feminine)